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holiday (noun) – 1. A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event.
- A religious feast day; a holy day.
- (Chiefly British) A vacation. Often used in the phrase on holiday.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : 1500s, earlier haliday (circa 1200), from Old English haligdæg “holy day, consecrated day, religious anniversary; Sabbath,” from halig “holy” + dæg “day”; in 14th century meaning both “religious festival” and “day of exemption from labour and recreation,” but pronunciation and sense diverged 16th century. As an adjective mid-15th century. Happy holidays is from mid-19th century, in British English, with reference to summer vacation from school. As a Christmastime greeting, by 1937, American English, in Camel cigarette ads.
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